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Jun 25, 2023

ACLU’s Southern Legal Internship Program aims to build a pipeline of Black civil rights lawyers

The interns will contribute to crucial campaigns in areas that most affect minoritized communities in the region, including voting rights, education, gender justice, and criminal legal reform.

By Jerzy Shedlock

The interns will contribute to crucial campaigns in areas that most affect minoritized communities in the region, including voting rights, education, gender justice, and criminal legal reform.

By Jerzy Shedlock

SLIP participant and Nneka at the ACLU of Georgia offices

Jun 20, 2023

For as Long as People have Sought Political Change, Actors in Power have Tried to Repress their Voices to Maintain Status Quo

As the Civil Rights Movement demanded a free and just society that Black Americans could take part in, bail funds were essential to fight back against government oppression.

May 19, 2023

Here's How Georgia's New Voting Law Harms Voters With Disabilities

Rules in the new voting bill hit people with disabilities particularly hard because of their reliance on absentee voting.

A sandwich board with directions posted on signs showing the way to vote outside a Cobb County voting building in Marietta, Ga.

May 17, 2023

Former ACLU of Ga. Fellow Creates Youth Leadership Program in Tanzania

Ally Seif Ramadhani wanted to make life better for youth in Tanzania growing up amid political strife and environmental degradation. He left his country to learn how, joining the ACLU of Georgia for a...

By Jerzy Shedlock

Former fellow Ally Seif Ramadhani teaching students enrolled in his new youth grassroots program, the KIRANJA Project.

May 12, 2023

Veto of Funding to Improve Voting Process is Another Attack on Free, Fair Elections in Georgia

On May 5, Governor Brian Kemp used his veto pen to eliminate $550,000 in state funding that had been appropriated for new voter check in machines designed to lower wait times.

Apr 17, 2023

ACLU: Army National Guard’s recruitment tactics are inherently invasive to high school students

ACLU of Georgia Policy Counsel Ben Lynde was quoted in a revealing investigative report published this weekend by The Intercept that shows the Georgia Army National Guard plans to combine two deeply...

By Jerzy Shedlock